West Coast Observation Project

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West Coast Observation Project
West Coast Observing System Project Brief

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Prepared by NCDDC August 2007
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Outline

• West Coast Observing System (WCOS) Overview
• Project Background
• Data Collection Logistics
• Data Management Flow Integration
• Products and Tools
• Metadata Documentation
• Summary
• Current Activities
• Integrating additional data sources to the WCOS

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Project Background

• Project Objectives
• Make west coast National Marine Sanctuary Program
  monitoring data accessible via the internet in an
  Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)
  compatible format
• Support Discovery, Transport, Access, Archival
  and Outreach
• To support Science-based management
• Project Partners (Integrated Product Team)
• Partnership for Interdisciplinary Ocean Studies
  (PISCO)
• National Marine Sanctuaries Program Office
• Monterey Bay NMS Channel Islands NMS
• National Coastal Data Development Center
• National Oceanographic Data Development Center

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Science-based Management
Physical Ocean Processes and Conditions Currents,
Temperatures and Nutrients Measured by Sea
Station moorings
Influence
Ecological Patterns and Changes 2005 West Coast
Sudden Plankton and Rock Fish Declines
Influence
NMSP Management decisions and actions Improved
with better data and Metadata from PISCO, SIMoN,
NCDDC, NODC, etc.
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Data Collection Logistics

• Members
• Steve Gittings - NMSP
• Mark Carr - PISCO
• Ed Bowlby - OCNMS
• Andrew Devogelaere - NMSP
• Patrick Drake - PISCO

Description Responsible for instrument purchase,
logistics, and preliminary technical support
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Data Collection Logistics
Sanctuary Environmental Assessment (SEA) station
mooring locations maintained by PISCO
GFNMS 3 sites
MBNMS 11 sites
CINMS 6 sites
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PISCO Nearshore Mooring System
Prevailing Wind
Service Vessel Tie-Up Point
Surface Loggers (0.5 M)
Backup Retrieval Mooring
Detachable Service Line
Subsurface Float
Top Loggers (4 M)
Primary Instrument Mooring
Mid-Water Loggers (10 M Intervals)
Bottom Loggers (20-100 M)
Ground Line
Cushioned Service Weight ( 300 Kilograms)
Fixed Anchor
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PISCO
The Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies
of Coastal Oceans
Consortium of 4 research universities

• UC Santa Cruz
• UC Santa Barbara
• Oregon State University
• Stanford Hopkins Marine Station

Funded by the David and Lucile Packard
Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore
Foundation,Department of Interior, and the State
of California
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Data Management Flow Integration

• Members
• Richard Owens - NCDDC
• Steve Rutz - NODC
• Rex Core - PISCO
• Chris Jones - PISCO
• Jaeson Abraham - NMSP

Description Responsible for flow, conversion,
and storage of data

• The workflow system
• PISCO collects data and performs initial QC
  transforms data to ASCII
• NCDDC transports the data from PISCO and
  transforms to NetCDF
• NCDDC transports the original metadata and
  transforms to FGDC
• a. FGDC metadata published to NSDI and GOS
• The final data and metadata files are transported
  to NODC
• NODC provides archive and OPeNDAP Services.

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Data Management Flow Integration
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Data Products Tools

• Members
• Jason Stradtner - NCDDC
• Richard Owens - NCDDC
• Chad King - SIMoN
• Josh Pederson - SIMoN
• Jaeson Abraham - NMSP

Description Responsible for end product
development

• WCOS project web site pages incorporated into
  SIMoN web site
• Internet Map Service for WCOS data visualization
• WCOS Data Products Webapp
• Provide a search engine that allows the user to
  locate specific WCOS data on the OPeNDAP Server
• Preview data set through user-defined plots and
  statistics as well as data download.

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Sanctuary Integrated Monitoring
Networkhttp//www.mbnms-simon.org/sections/obs/nm
sp_wco.php
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Internet Map Service

• Shows regional observed data
• Links NMS data to metadata and data access
  points
• Links to data analysis, sub-setting and download
  tools

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OPeNDAP Search Application

• User defined selection yields list of data files

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Data Preview and Access

• Data sub-setting, analysis and download tools

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Metadata Documentation
Description Responsible for metadata catalog
development

• Members
• Eric Roby NCDDC
• David Sallis NCDDC
• Chris Henton - NCDDC
• Jaeson Abraham NMSP

• Process
• EML record from PISCO transported to NCDDC
• EML record transformed to FGDC standard
• a. XML-RPC Server converts EML to FGDC via XML
  Style sheet transformations (XSLT)
• FGDC record is then published to NCDDC metadata
  catalog, NSDI Catalog, and Geospatial One Stop
• FGDC record is then bundled with data for
  transport to NODC for Archival and service

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Metadata Documentation

• Accomplishments
• NCDDC Publishing Server augmented to support XSLT
  requests
• Creates valid, compliant FGDC metadata records
• Can "publish" the resulting FGDC record to NCDDC
  metadata catalogs
• Publishes FGDC record to the NCDDC NSDI
  Clearinghouse node

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WCOS Summary

• WCOS end-to-end system operational since 2005
• More than 1100 data files automatically processed
  to date
• 23 SEA Stations
• NetCDF
• Temperature Data
• ADCP data
• FGDC Metadata records published
• Accessible thorugh
• NODC archive
• OPeNDAP Server at NGI CI
• SIMoN web site (IMS, Data Access Applications)
• GOS, NSDI clearinghouse, other metadata catalogs

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2007-08 WCOS Activity in CCE

• NCDDC Partnership in IOOS Program Office funded
  Proposal
• Integrating the NOAA IOOS five Core Variables
  for the California Current Regional Ecosystem and
  Linking them to a Preliminary Integrated
  Ecosystem Assessment
• Additional data sources and will be integrated
  into the WCOS process
• Additional SEA Stations from Gulf of Farallones
  NMS and Olympic Coast NMS
• Buoy data from Cordell Banks NMS
• SeaKeeper and underway data from R/V Fulmar and
  R/V Shearwater
• Biological data from Monterey Bay NMS and Gulf of
  Farallones NMS
• Demonstrable March 2008